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	Frances Perkins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1933, Roosevelt appointed Perkins as Secretary of the Department of Labor, a position she held for twelve years, longer than any other Secretary of Labor and making her the first woman to hold a cabinet position in the United States (thus becoming the first woman to enter the presidential line of succession).
		In 1946, Perkins published a first-rate memoir of her years working with Franklin Roosevelt, called "The Roosevelt I Knew." The book is clearly biased in favor of a president she called a friend; but it is also a subtle character study, and useful reading for any student of the New Deal.
		Perkins believed that most of those who felt the President had unjustly dropped support for their programs had not outlined what they needed simply enough; or had not identified the political opposition to their measure.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frances_Perkins (862 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Frances Perkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frances Perkins was born on April 10, 1882 in Boston, Massachusetts.
		Perkins as his Secretary of Labor, a position she held for twelve years, longer than any other Secretary of Labor and making her the first woman to hold a cabinet position in the United States.
		Perkins continued to be active as a teacher and lecturer until her death on May 14, 1965.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Frances-Perkins (2533 words)

	Labor Hall of Fame: Frances Perkins and the flowering of economic and social policies. (includes related article on ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Perkins' social and moral attitudes developed during the early decades of the 20th century, a time when women were increasingly active in the era's many important social crusades.
		Perkins received the help she needed and learned a valuable political lesson--machine politics could be helpful in enacting social welfare legislation.
		Perkins certainly deserved to go, because it was she who originally urged Roosevelt in 1934 to submit legislation--which was accepted by Congress--authorizing the President to apply for membership to the ILO.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:7847159&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (3018 words)

	Frances Perkins
		Frances Perkins was born in Boston on 10th April, 1882.
		Perkins was deeply influenced by the writings of investigative journalists such as Lincoln Steffens, Ray Stannard Baker, Jacob A. Riis and Upton Sinclair.
		Perkins was a strong advocate of government involvement in the economy and played an important role in many aspects of the New Deal including the Civilian Conservation Corps, the National Labour Relations Act and the Social Security Act.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USARperkins.htm (1308 words)

	Frances Perkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Perkins as his United States Secretary of Labor, aposition she held for twelve years, longer than any other Secretary of Labor and making her the first woman to hold a cabinetposition in the United States.
		Perkins was asked by President Harry Truman to serve on the United States Civil Service Commission, which she did until 1952 when her husbanddied, and she resigned from federal service.
		Perkins continued to be active as ateacher and lecturer until her death in 1965.
	www.therfcc.org /frances-perkins-34047.html (323 words)

	Frances Perkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frances Perkins (April 10, 1882 -- May 14, 1965) was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
		Perkins continued to be active as a teacher and lecturer until her death in 1965.
		Frances Burney Essay on the 18th century writer and the evolution of the novel.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Frances_Perkins.html (1569 words)

	JSHQ Volume 14 No.1 - Fall 2002 - Remembering Frances Perkins
		Perkins’ experience at Mount Holyoke led her to volunteer among the factory women of Worcester, and later, she accepted a job at Chicago Commons, the famous settlement house.
		Perkins studied economics and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Finance, then relocated to New York where she accepted a fellowship at the New York School of Philanthropy and enrolled in graduate studies at Columbia University.
		Perkins’ efforts in advancing factory safety led to her appointment as executive secretary of the Committee on Safety, formed as a result of the Triangle fire.
	www.osha.gov /Publications/JSHQ/fall2002html/perkins.htm (1547 words)

	Frances Perkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Professor Frances Perkins invited Needles, a UW-Oshkosh graduate, to be a guest speaker for her âWriting for the Broadcast Mediaâ class because she feels...
		Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, observed later about FDR: 'I had a deep emotional feeling that something was wrong, that this situation was not all...
		Frances Perkins (April 10, 1882--May 14, 1965) was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
	www.wikiverse.org /frances-perkins (480 words)

	Mass Moments: Frances Perkins Born in Boston
		Frances Perkins was part of a generation of Massachusetts women who devoted their lives to fighting economic and social injustice.
		Frances Perkins was there watching in horror as young women prayed on window ledges before jumping their deaths.
		Frances Perkins is credited with being the architect and chief advocate of: the National Labor Relations Act, which protected workers rights to organize, the Social Security Act, which provided insurance to the aged unemployed, and the Fair Labor Standards Act, which regulated wages, hours, and working conditions and prohibited child labor.
	www.massmoments.org /moment.cfm?mid=109 (1209 words)

	Frances Perkins (1880 - 1965) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frances Perkins was secretary of labor for the 12 years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency and the first woman to hold a Cabinet post.
		Perkins never stopped believing that legislation was the best way to "right industrial wrongs," but unlike many women of her class, Perkins came to accept the value of working-class organization.
		Perkins wed Paul Wilson, an economist and budget expert with the New York Bureau of Municipal Research, in 1913 at the age of 33.
	www.aflcio.org /aboutaflcio/history/history/perkins.cfm (1201 words)

	Frances Perkins - MSN Encarta
		Frances Perkins (1882-1965), American social reformer, who became the first female member of the Cabinet when United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt named her secretary of labor in 1933.
		Perkins was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and educated at Mount Holyoke College, the University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University.
		In her various positions, Perkins defended the interests of working people, and advocated social security, unemployment compensation, minimum wage and maximum hours, and child welfare legislation.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761570117/Frances_Perkins.html (199 words)

	Frances Perkins
		Frances Perkins was born on April 10, 1882, in Boston, Massachusetts, of an upper middle-class Republican family.
		Perkins overcame many of the restrictions and prejudices of her era, especially in areas that were dominated by men.
		Perkins resigned from her position as Secretary of Labor in 1945 to head the U.S. delegation to the International Labor Organization conference, held in Paris.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1603.html (1278 words)

	UI101 Frances Perkins
		Frances Perkins was born in Boston on April 10, 1880, and graduated from Massachusetts’ Mount Holyoke College in 1903.
		Frances was at a friend’s house nearby and arrived at the scene in time to witness some of the girls leaping to their deaths in an attempt to avoid the flames.
		It was her work on the commission that convinced Frances that a combination of social activism and progressive legislation was the way to improve the lot of the workers.
	www.wa.gov /esd/ui/ui101/frances.htm (1130 words)

	Who is Frances Perkins? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frances' life changed forever as the result of an economic history course that she took while she was an undergraduate student at Mount Holyoke College.
		Frances' class toured factories in the nearby city of Holyoke and Frances was appalled by the working conditions she saw there.
		By the time Frances was appointed Secretary of Labor by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933, she brought with her three decades of commitment to social reform, and the experience to back up that commitment.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/programs/fp/frances.shtml (534 words)

	Frances Perkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Perkins as his United States Secretary of Labor a position she held for twelve longer than any other Secretary of Labor making her the first woman to hold cabinet position in the United States.
		Prior to going to Washington Perkins held in state government in New York first as an aid to governor Al Smith and then to Franklin Roosevelt when became governor.
		Perkins was asked by President Harry Truman to serve on the United States Service Commission which she did until 1952 her husband died and she resigned from service.
	www.freeglossary.com /Frances_Perkins (460 words)

	Who Was Frances Perkins? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		France Perkins began her career here as a guest lecturer in 1955, when she was 75 years old.
		Frances Perkins served on the Commission, which was instrumental in rewriting factory codes and enacting new laws that protected workers.
		Frances Perkins was a key leader in the advancement of industrial and labor relations.
	www.ilr.cornell.edu /library/research/QuestionOfTheMonth/archive/francesPerkins.html (904 words)

	Frances Perkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frances Perkins was not only important in World War II; she was and still is important to every American today.
		Frances Perkins was the most important person on various committees and was the first woman and longest serving on the cabinet.
		Frances Perkins eventually lectured at many universities teaching students about the importance of her work.
	www.bgcs.k12.in.us /bgms/Publish/woodallS (161 words)

	American President
		While still in school, Perkins became involved in social work and entered the political arena to become a more effective spokeswoman for her cause.
		She was a member of the New York Industrial Commission (1919-1921), director of the Council of Immigrant Education (1921-1923), and a member of the State Industrial Board (1923-1929), becoming chairman in 1926.
		Perkins would serve in that capacity from 1933 to 1945; she was also chair of the Committee on Economic Security.
	www.americanpresident.org /history/harrytruman/cabinet/labor/labor/email.html (225 words)

	Frances Perkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Perkins was asked by President Harry Truman[For more, click on this link] to serve on the United States Civil Service Commission Office of Personnel Management quick summary:
		The office of personnel management or opm is the united states government agency which serves to manage the civil service of the united states by the recruitment...
		Perkins continued to be active as a teacher and lecturer at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University Cornell University quick summary:
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fr/frances_perkins.htm (885 words)

	Commemorative Chairs: Frances Perkins
		Frances Perkins, one of President Roosevelt’s most trusted and able advisers, was born Fannie Coralie Perkins in Boston, Massachusetts on April 10, 1880.
		Nevertheless, Perkins attended Mount Holyoke College, graduating in 1902 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and physics.
		Roosevelt, impressed with Perkins’ social work, as well as her tenure at various state government positions, wanted her to work in his cabinet.
	www.feri.org /kiosk/profile.cfm?QID=2844 (614 words)

	Oshkosh Northwestern - $$text.style("HD")$$ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)*
		Troy Perkins, middle, film director and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, watches footage of “Tractor for Sale” along with his wife and producer Frances Perkins and student Ernie Stevens during the shooting of the film at the Algoma Room in downtown Oshkosh.
		Frances Perkins and her husband Troy, the director of the film and an assistant professor of film at UWO, have a vision.
		Troy Perkins repositioned the lead actors and the extras and when they were ready to roll again he watched the monitor looking for the money shots, the ones that would make it in.
	www.wisinfo.com /northwestern/print/stories/print_21910790.shtml (989 words)

	Women's History Documentary - You May Call Her Madam Secretary - A Women's History Documentation on Frances Perkins - ...
		This is the story of a woman whose anguish over the misery of workers in the emerging industrial world of her youth, led her to give up the comforts of home and family, turn from teaching to settlement house work, ultimately becoming one of the outstanding social reformers in the twentieth century.
		It is a film not only about an individual but about her contemporaries, about how the movement for social justice took hold of and fired the imagination of Frances Perkins and the men and women around her.
		Frances Perkins was a superb storyteller with a remarkable memory.In You May Call Her Madam Secretary, Broadway and film actress Frances Sternhagen presents Perkins' character on camera using the words from her Oral History, on record at Columbia University, and from lectures, letters and writings.
	www.vineyardvideo.org /francesperkins.shtml (459 words)

	Frances Perkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frances Perkins, an economist and social worker, served in Roosevelt's gubernatorial administration as Industrial Commissioner and became the first female cabinet member when FDR appointed her Secretary of Labor, a position she held throughout Roosevelt's presidency.
		Perkins was born in Boston April 10, 1880 and christened Fannie Coralie Perkins.
		Molly Dewson, Jane Addams and others campaigned for Perkins to be Secretary of Labor and urged ER to help secure the position for her.
	gwu.edu /~erpapers/abouteleanor/q-and-a/glossary/perkins-frances.htm (574 words)

	National Portrait Gallery \| Frances Perkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		When Franklin D. Roosevelt named her secretary of labor in 1933, Perkins was not a newcomer to labor relations.
		Perkins helped draft and implement important New Deal legislation, including the Social Security Act, to establish publicly financed old-age pensions, and the Civilian Conservation Corps, a program to employ the jobless in public works projects.
		One of her personally satisfying triumphs was the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, which mandated a number of reforms for which she had long fought, including a ban on child labor and the establishment of a minimum wage.
	www.npg.si.edu /educate2/perkins.htm (382 words)

	Spotlight Biography: Labor Reformers
		Perkins was a pioneer in women's issues in addition to her role in labor reform.
		During their years together, Perkins was an integral part of Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression, and an advocate of social security, wage and hour regulation, and the abolition of child labor.
		As Perkins rose in prominence and position, she was forced to become more acutely aware of her status as a woman.
	smithsonianeducation.org /spotlight/labor.html (1524 words)

	News Release: SAIC Receives 2004 Frances Perkins Vanguard Award, 07-09-04, 7-9-2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frances Perkins served as Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
		The first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, Perkins was a social reformer who brought to her post a commitment to women's issues.
		The Frances Perkins Vanguard Awards honor government and industry for their excellence in the use of women-owned small businesses as prime contractors and subcontractors.
	www.saic.com /news/2004/jul/09.html (468 words)

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